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Main Authors: Deka, Dharmaraj, Sen, Shuvam
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.02293
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author Deka, Dharmaraj
Sen, Shuvam
author_facet Deka, Dharmaraj
Sen, Shuvam
contents In this work, a higher order compact (HOC) discretization is developed on the nonuniform polar grid. The discretization conceptualized using the unsteady convection-diffusion equation (CDE) is further extended to flow problems governed by the Navies-Stokes (N-S) equations as well as the Boussinesq equations. The scheme developed here combines the advantages of body-fitted mesh with grid clustering, thereby making it efficient to capture flow gradients on polar grids. The scheme carries a spatial convergence of order three with temporal order of convergence being almost two. Diverse flow problems are being investigated using the scheme. Apart from two verification studies we validate the scheme by time marching simulation for the benchmark problem of driven polar cavity and the problem of natural convection in the horizontal concentric annulus. In the process, a one-sided approximation for the Neumann boundary condition for vorticity is also presented. Finally, the benchmark problem of forced convection around a circular cylinder is tackled. The results obtained in this study are analyzed and compared with the well-established numerical and experimental data wherever available in the literature. The newly developed scheme is found to generate accurate solutions in each case.
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spellingShingle A new transient higher order compact scheme for computation of flow and heat transfer in nonuniform polar grids
Deka, Dharmaraj
Sen, Shuvam
Fluid Dynamics
Computational Physics
In this work, a higher order compact (HOC) discretization is developed on the nonuniform polar grid. The discretization conceptualized using the unsteady convection-diffusion equation (CDE) is further extended to flow problems governed by the Navies-Stokes (N-S) equations as well as the Boussinesq equations. The scheme developed here combines the advantages of body-fitted mesh with grid clustering, thereby making it efficient to capture flow gradients on polar grids. The scheme carries a spatial convergence of order three with temporal order of convergence being almost two. Diverse flow problems are being investigated using the scheme. Apart from two verification studies we validate the scheme by time marching simulation for the benchmark problem of driven polar cavity and the problem of natural convection in the horizontal concentric annulus. In the process, a one-sided approximation for the Neumann boundary condition for vorticity is also presented. Finally, the benchmark problem of forced convection around a circular cylinder is tackled. The results obtained in this study are analyzed and compared with the well-established numerical and experimental data wherever available in the literature. The newly developed scheme is found to generate accurate solutions in each case.
title A new transient higher order compact scheme for computation of flow and heat transfer in nonuniform polar grids
topic Fluid Dynamics
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.02293